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A printed sheet of Persian script, undated.

Publicity material for Persian Paintings in the Collection of the Royal Asiatic Society by B.W. Robinson. These are:

• "Press Release: Persian Paintings in the Collection of the Royal Asiatic Society" giving details of the book by B.W. Robinson and contact details for further information.
• "Persian Paintings in the Collection of the Royal Asiatic Society": order form to purchase the publication.
• "A Special Offer from the Royal Asiatic Society" to advertise both this publication and Raymond Head's Catalogue of Paintings, Drawings, Engravings and Busts in the Collection of the Royal Asiatic Society , both being offered at a special price to Fellows. Also advertised are a poster and postcards from the exhibition.

A list of Persian manuscripts donated to the Society by R.S. Greenshields in 1931.The original list is torn and therefore incomplete. A photocopy has been made but only of the torn document.

The Society has within its collections three Persian manuscripts: the Shahnamah of Muhammad Juki (RAS Persian 239), the Gulistan of Sa‘di (RAS Persian 258), and the Masnavi of Zafar Khan (RAS Persian 310). These are both fragile and of great value. Therefore since 1946 they have been housed at other institutions which are able to provide the necessary care for them, firstly with the British Museum, then the British Library, and currently at the Cambridge University Library.
The material in this subseries concerns the care of these manuscripts:

• Correspondence and documentation concerning the loan of the manuscripts to the British Museum. Typed and printed, 11 pieces, dated 15 April 1946 - 30 December 1965.
• Correspondence between the British Library and the Royal Asiatic Society concerning the conservation of the Shahnamah of Muhammad Juki manuscript, Typed, 13 pieces, dated 18 June 1992 - 29 September 1993.
• Correspondence between the British Library and the Royal Asiatic Society concerning the making of microfilm copies of the manuscripts. Typed, 5 pieces, dated 19 October 1993 - 4 November 1993.
• 'RAS Manuscript. Shahnama. Persian MS 239 Conservation Report and Estimate 31 May 1994' - conservation report. Typed, 9 pieces.
• Correspondence between the British Library and the Royal Asiatic Society concerning the further care of the manuscripts, Typed, 2 pieces, 4 November 1994 -10 August 1999.
• Correspondence, indemnity certificates and valuations for the documents for 1999 and 2002. Typed, printed and handwritten, 14 pieces, dated 7 September 1999 - 12 December 2002.
• Correspondence and documentation between the British Library and the Royal Asiatic Society concerning the loan of the manuscripts to other exhibitions. Typed, 8 pieces, dated 28 October 2010 - 7 February 2011.
• Loan documentation, indemnity certificate and valuations for the manuscripts for 2014. Typed and printed, 28 pieces.

The Royal Asiatic Society put on an exhibition, "Persian and Indian Manuscripts and Paintings from the Collection of the Royal Asiatic Society", hosted by the British Museum. This material covers the organisation, publicity, correspondence and speech by the President connected with the Exhibition. In conjunction with the exhibition, the publication Persian Paintings in the Collection of the Royal Asiatic Society by B.W. Robinson was published. Most of the material concerning this publication is held within the publications archives but some publicity material is included in these Papers.

Pamphlet to advertise the exhibition "Persian and Indian Manuscripts and Paintings from the Collection of the Royal Asiatic Society" at the British Museum. Printed material with colour plates, 5 copies.

Author: W.E.D. Allen. Title: Russian Embassies. Section from Allen's book, pp.73-74 headed 'Persia and Caucasia' with some annotations.

Permission Release from Angus Graham to the University of Hawaii Press to publish his essay.

Permission from the General of police at Marseille for Thomas Manning to go to Toulon. Dated 27 fructidor an 10 (14 September 1802). Handwritten and stamped, 1 piece, 1 side

Catalogues and handlists for periodicals and newspapers in the Royal Asiatic Society's collections:

• 'Handlist of the Periodical Titles in the Library of the Royal Asiatic Society', ring bound pamphlet created June 1997.
• 'List of Newspapers Held in the R.A.S. Library, May 1998', computer printed, 10 pages.
• 'List of Current Periodicals on the Reading Room Shelves, 13th October 1998', computer printed, 10 pages.
• 'R.A.S. Periodical Holdings: Brief Details June 1997, Part rev. July 2001', computer printed, 52 pages.

Electronic documents - all these were created into archival documents in April 2024. Their original creation date is noted in the list.

• 'Bound Serials 7 June 1997' - created 05/07/2001.
• 'Current Periodicals List [1998]' - created 21/10/1998.
• 'R.A.S. Periodical Holdings: Brief Details June 1997. Part rev. July 2001. Rev July 2004' - created 11/03/2003.
• 'Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 1940-2001, Alphabetical list of articles in JRAS by AUTHOR' - created 06/06/2002.